Tip:
The GNU-Darwin base distribution includes over 100 essential packages, but
here you will have access to the thousands of packages that are available for
the base system. For more packages, check the links to additional packages at the bottom of this page.
If you are new to the Distribution, and you are looking for a quick and easy
way
to install the GNU-Darwin basefiles, try the
One Step Installer, GNU-Darwin Office or Bootable Installer CDs. If you
have already done that, then you
can skip to step 2.

If you do not plan to install the base distribution, you will still need
the package manager to install GNU-Darwin packages. Use the following procedure
to install the package manager and essential files.
Darwin-only users may have to fetch wget to a second
computer, scp the file to your computer and install curl. (see scp man page). To bypass package installation, kill the installer with control-C at the database initialization step.

The test package may complain about not finding certain other packages.
Use "pkg_add -f" to install the required packages from the list below. Version number
descrepancies can be
disregarded for this group of packages. The "-f" flag tells the package manager to
proceed despite such "non-fatal error messages".